War & Peace

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with activists Wael Elasady of Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights and Curt Bell about civil rights at home and abroad as we approach the 8th anniversary of war in Iraq and over nine years in Afghanistan. They'll also discuss the Peace Rally and March Marking Eighth Anniversary of US Invasion of Iraq on Saturday, March 19, 2011.

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her new memoir Remembering the Power of Words: The Life of an Oregon Activist, Legislator and Public Servant.

Avel Louise Gordly was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1996, after she had served three terms in the House of Representatives, running on both Democratic and Republican ballots in each election. Throughout her career, she always insisted that the legislative process belongs to the People, that it be open and transparent to constituents from every place in Oregon.

The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse, Interview; Marjorie Cohn

The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse

That's the title of the new book edited by author Marjorie Cohn. The professor and former President of the National Lawyers Guild, joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the history and scope of the United States use of torture. The book is made upf of essays by some of the countries most prestigious Human Rights Activist and experts. Tune in to this important discussion. Can we afford to allow this practice to continue?

It's a Brand New War (TM). Join Abe and Joe for Libya!, the US' latest imperial adventure.

A U.S.-led international coalition has imposed a no-fly zone (read: bombed) on Libya, claiming support for the Libyan rebels who are fighting Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. Onward democracy, and all that. One wonders, though -- will we intervene on behalf of our freedom-loving brethren in Yemen? In Bahrain? In Saudi Arabia?

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her new memoir "Remembering the Power of Words: The Life of an Oregon Activist, Legislator and Public Servant”.

Avel Louise Gordly was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1996, after she had served three terms in the House of Representatives, running on both Democratic and Republican ballots in each election. Throughout her career, she always insisted that the legislative process belongs to the People, that it be open and transparent to constituents from every place in Oregon.

Kevin Mannix promised voters in 1994 that his Ballot Measure 11 establishing minimum mandatory sentences would create certainty in Oregon's criminal justice system. While the measure tripled the state's prison population over 20 years, a new report by the state Criminal Justice Commission finds that Measure 11 not only failed to deliver certainty, it has cost the state billions of dollars while it shifting sentencing power from the hands of judges to those of district attorneys - a shift many see as dangerous.